Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahbaz Sharif became the Prime Minister of Pakistan for the second consecutive term. Shahbaz was elected with 201 votes in the National Assembly, the Parliament of Pakistan. Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq said Shahbaz won as the representative of the PML-led coalition by securing 32 votes more than the absolute majority in the 336-member House.
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s prime ministerial candidate Omar Ayub Khan got only 92 votes.
Shahbaz will take charge as the 24th Prime Minister of Pakistan. Oath. PML-N leader and Shahbaz’s brother Nawaz Sharif was the first to vote for the post of Prime Minister.
Shahbaz became the Prime Minister for the first time in 2022. Shahbaz’s victory came with the support of PPP, MQM-P, PML (Q), Balochistan Awami Party, PML (Z), IPP and National Party. Shahbaz’s main challenge in the coming days will be to hold the alliance together. Shahbaz will also need to work hard to improve the poor economic condition of the country.
